RE: Women. You have men by the balls.(...)
February 25, 2013 at 10:36 am
(This post was last modified: February 25, 2013 at 11:15 am by John V.)
Quote:Your notion of the big manly man and the little girly girl exists only in your head. The difference between males and females is - here in the US, at a point where there -is- a noticeable difference ; 4% in height, and 8% in body mass on average.What's your source?
According to this, US men are on average 18% heavier than US women:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_weight#By_country
And according to this, men are 9% taller than women:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_heigh..._the_world
http://civilliberty.about.com/od/equalri...ession.htm
Quote:Sexism has been an almost universal condition of civilization, probably due to the fact that men tend to be larger and to have more upper body strength than women. This brings with it a greater average capacity for violence, violence is the language of despotism, and we are only slowly moving beyond despotism. Sexism tends to force women into subservient, restrictive roles that many women do not want, and to force men into dominant, competitive roles that many men do not want.http://474miranairresearchpaper.wmwikis....5B1%5D.pdf
Quote:The bias toward
patriarchy is probably due to several factors related to the
biology of sexual reproduction: sexual dimorphism (men's greater
size and strength may be one factor that typically allowed men to
dominate preindustrial societies; Harris, 1991 ), the tendency for
men to have a stronger social dominance orientation than women
(as a result of sexual selection; Pratto, Sidanius, & Stallworth,
1993), and gender-based role divisions in which women perform
the bulk of domestic duties (the mother carrying the fetus to term and providing nourishment for infants precipitated the traditional
division of labor that restricted women to domestic roles; Stockard
& Johnson, 1992).